Sucking in The Seventies

There's a certain smarmy charm in the Rolling Stones titling a compilation of their work from the second half of the '70s Sucking in the Seventies – it seems a tacit admission that neither the decade nor the music they made in that decade was all that good, something that many critics and fans dismayed by the group's infatuation with glitzy disco and tabloid grime would no doubt argue…

There's a certain smarmy charm in the Rolling Stones titling a compilation of their work from the second half of the '70s Sucking in the Seventies – it seems a tacit admission that neither the decade nor the music they made in that decade was all that good, something that many critics and fans dismayed by the group's infatuation with glitzy disco and tabloid grime would no doubt argue…

Sucking In the Seventies - This is an odd compilation that deserves recognition above most others due to it’s unique qualities. With the exception of Shattered and Mannish Boy (live), not one of the eight (8) remaining selections are found in their original form. There are a total of five previously-released selections that were edited by almost as much as two minutes, including Time Waits for No One [running at 4:25] and Hot Stuff [3:30.] The set does offer the b-side Everything Is Turning to Gold, the 12-inch promo-only b-side If I Was A Dancer (Dance pt. 2), as well as a song completely unique to this title, When the Whip Comes Down (live.) By the time compact discs came into play, this album already had it’s run and most consumers were no longer interested until Virgin Records announced that it would discontinue production in 1992. Virgin would finally lay plans to re-introduce this particular title into the market in April of 2005. Providing some solace to collectors for over a decade, three of the edited song versions did re-appear in the 1993 CD compilation Jump Back as well as the 2002 set Forty Licks. It offers radio-friendly versions of some otherwise long selections but the editing was broad and unnecessary offering nothing new or exciting to them.

Sucking In the Seventies - This is an odd compilation that deserves recognition above most others due to it’s unique qualities. With the exception of Shattered and Mannish Boy (live), not one of the eight (8) remaining selections are found in their original form. There are a total of five previously-released selections that were edited by almost as much as two minutes, including Time Waits for No One [running at 4:25] and Hot Stuff [3:30.] The set does offer the b-side Everything Is Turning to Gold, the 12-inch promo-only b-side If I Was A Dancer (Dance pt. 2), as well as a song completely unique to this title, When the Whip Comes Down (live.) By the time compact discs came into play, this album already had it’s run and most consumers were no longer interested until Virgin Records announced that it would discontinue production in 1992. Virgin would finally lay plans to re-introduce this particular title into the market in April of 2005. Providing some solace to collectors for over a decade, three of the edited song versions did re-appear in the 1993 CD compilation Jump Back as well as the 2002 set Forty Licks. It offers radio-friendly versions of some otherwise long selections but the editing was broad and unnecessary offering nothing new or exciting to them.

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962. The first stable line-up consisted of Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica), Mick Jagger (lead vocals), Keith Richards (guitar, backing vocals), Bill Wyman (bass), Charlie Watts (drums), and Ian Stewart (piano)…

The title of Rarities 1971-2003 is a little misleading, as is the cover photo of the Stones in prime late-'70s form: both suggest that this long-awaited trawl through the Rolling Stones vaults, released in conjunction with Starbucks' Hear Music label but available in all conventional retail outlets, will be heavy on '70s material. That's certainly not the case. There are just three '70s cuts here, actually – four if you count the live "Mannish Boy," which appeared on the 1977 double live album Love You Live and the 1981 odds-n-sods collection Sucking in the Seventies, which was reissued earlier in 2005, the same year Rarities 1971-2003 came out…

Rewind (1971–1984) is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1984. Coming only three years after Sucking in the Seventies, the album was primarily compiled to mark the end of the band's alliance with Warner Music (in North America) and EMI (all other territories), both of whom were the distributors of Rolling Stones Records. It is the second Rolling Stones album to include a lyric sheet (after 1978's Some Girls.)…